Thanks.
Pretty strange, though..neither of those work (writing to Desktop). Making files at the workdir will suffice for now.
Anyway, regarding the appearance, I was told by Hans the same on IRC a day ago or so - that it was the latest pd-extended. However, my copy of the Windows version Pd-0.40.3-extended.exe looks like:
[ see attached ]
or direct link:
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/9434/screencap00tm7.png
Primarily, my objects and cords are not that smooth (thinner borders, more aliased) or multi-coloured. Sorry to be making a fuss out of this; I would just like to ensure that I'm not missing out on anything.